After a two-year forced hiatus due to the pandemic, exciting things are coming from TT’s premier death metal/Caricore band, LYNCHPiN. And some will be revealed on June 25 at Skyy View Lounge, San Fernando, during its first live performance in years.
The show, titled Resurgence, will feature LYNCHPiN, grunge and hard rock band Goodnight Parliament, and the progressive metal band Mindscape Laboratory.
LYNCHPiN’s lead vocalist Sievan Siewsarran said Resurgence is more than just a show. It is also a nod to a few of the people who, in various ways, helped the local rock community through the lockdowns and restrictions.
So for the show, chef Allan Bachan of Hungry Nature TT, who is also a local rocker, will be creating specialty dishes named after the bands, as well as local twists on international dishes.
DJ Kelo The Energy will be the DJ and MC for the event.
“During the pandemic he started this online programme called Kelocal Lockdown Tuesdays. The rock community was going online and listening to him playing local and international rock, and we were just feeling at home. He just wanted everyone to feel connected.”
Siewsarran said it was difficult for the original band members – drummer Aaron Maharaj; bassist Jiggy Khatri; and guitarist Gerard Ferreir – to adjust, not only to not performing but to having no entertainment, sporting or other events to attend.
And even now that the economy has reopened, some people are still afraid to go in public.
“That’s how the idea of the show came about. It’s not just a resurgence of the rock scene but the resurgence of human nature, the culture: we’re starting to come back together.”
[caption id="attachment_958184" align="alignnone" width="764"] The newest member of LYNCHPiN, guitarist Tristan Farfan. Photo courtesy Tristan Farfan -[/caption]
Being mindful of people’s fears, the band chose to re-emerge with an intimate indoor show rather than a large outdoor event, to allow people to meet again and not be overwhelmed by the number of people attending.
“Yeah, we’re forfeiting money, but there’s a bigger objective here. It’s about getting everybody back to being around each other and enjoying each other again.”
It so happened that the new imagery for the band synced with the concept of resurgence. LYNCHPiN’s first promotional video gives glimpses of the band members in white body bags.
Siewsarran explained that it felt as if they had been frozen as a band, dead for the past two years, because they were not doing anything and no one was hearing from them. But the body bags are open to show their faces so, despite how it may look at first sight, they are not officially dead.
To underscore its undead status, LYNCHPiN will be premiering a new song and its new guitarist at Resurgence. The members’ updated look will be revealed after the release of the new album, which they are in the process of writing.
Siewsarran said even before the pandemic, the band had grown, so its members had talked about getting another guitarist. However, between writing and perform
